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The deserts of Australia or the Australian deserts cover about 1,371,000 km 2 (529,000 sq mi), or 18% of the Australian mainland, but about 35% of the Australian continent receives so little rain, it is practically desert. [1]
Everything you need to know about the 10 deserts that make up almost a fifth of Australia. Australia is the driest inhabited continent in the world – only Antarctica is drier. Seventy per cent of the mainland receives less than 500mm of rain annually, which classifies most of Australia as arid or semi-arid.
1. Great Victoria Desert - Western Australia, South Australia. The biggest Australian desert, the Great Victoria Desert is located in Western Australia and South Australia. The desert features grassland areas and small sandhills with salt lakes and pebbled surfaces. The desert occupies an area of around 348,750 square km.
Australian Deserts: Overview and Facts. Australia has ten distinct deserts. Ranging from largest to smallest in size, the Australian deserts are: Great Victoria Desert; Great Sandy Desert; Tanami Desert; Simpson Desert; Gibson Desert; Little Sandy Desert; Strzelecki Desert; Sturt Stony Desert; Tirari Desert; Pedirka Desert
Great Victoria Desert, arid wasteland in southern Australia that is Australia’s largest desert. A vast expanse of sand hills, partly fixed by Triodia (Spinifex) grass and salt marshes, it lies in Western Australia and South Australia, extending from the Gibson Desert on the north to the Nullarbor Plain on the south and eastward from ...
Great Sandy Desert, arid wasteland of northern Western Australia that is Australia’s second largest desert, after the Great Victoria Desert. It extends from Eighty Mile Beach on the Indian Ocean eastward into Northern Territory and from Kimberley Downs southward to the Tropic of Capricorn and the Gibson Desert.
Australia has 10 deserts, all of which can get extremely hot and dry, and which are prone to dangerous sand and dust storms. Still, many creatures, such as kangaroos, cacti and lizards, have developed adaptations that help them survive in the harsh conditions of the Australian desert biome.
Australia’s mainland deserts are classified as arid, (desert and semi-arid); precipitation falling as rain; temperatures range above 10°C to exceed 35°C in summer months. Geoscience Australia has listed the Australian Antarctic Territories desert as encompassing its entire Territories area.
The Great Victoria is the largest desert in Australia, [2] and consists of many small sandhills, grassland plains, areas with a closely packed surface of pebbles (called desert pavement or gibber plains), and salt lakes.